#pound

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc. ↗

— Dudley North

#cities #compounded #countries #etc #families

I put on fifteen pounds of muscle, so that was a lot of eating chicken and a high protein, low-carb diet. Also a lot of heavy lifting and a very different kind of training with an ex-navy SEAL guy who wanted to kill me every time I got with him. In a good way. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#chicken #diet #different #different kind #eating

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#born #four #god #live #only

I'm fighting a losing battle here: I'm trying to lose some weight. I love chocolate; that's one of my biggest downfalls. I haven't gotten a whole lot of chocolate, thank goodness, because I'd probably be about 300 pounds. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#battle #because #biggest #chocolate #fighting

The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#away #disgusting #first #first kiss #girl

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds. ↗

— Eric Heiden

#doing #i #lot #most #never

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#american #average #average american #between #common

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#being #compounds #dead-end #dead-end street #futility

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#believe #brought #could #i #look

I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#behind #believe #bodies #both #i